Vase with Mythological Resurrection Scene

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Artist Unknown Central and South American

CultureMaya

Titles

Vase with Mythological Resurrection Scene

Date600–900 AD

Possible placeGuatemala

Possible placeMexico

Possible placeBelize

MediumEarthenware with slip

DimensionsOverall: 8 × 6 × 6 in. (20.3 × 15.2 × 15.2 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by James C. Flores in memory of the remarkable Peter C. Marzio at "One Great Night in November, 2011"

Object number2012.2

Current Location

The Caroline Wiess Law Building

205M Wiess Gallery

Exposé

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Department

Art of the Indigenous Americas

Object Type

CERAMICS

ProvenancePrivate collection, New York, by at least 1986–2010 [1]; [The Merrin Gallery, Inc., New York, 2010–2012]; purchased by MFAH, 2012.

[1] Personal communication with Justin Kerr on May 14, 2011.
Published References Michael Carrasco, "Rituals," Unaahil B'aak: The Temples of Palenque (2004): 3, accessed July 15, 2010, URL: http://learningobjects.wesleyan.edu/palenque/rituals/. James L. Fitzsimmons, Death and the Classic Maya Kings (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2009), p.79. David Freidel, Linda Schele, and Joy Parker, Maya Cosmos: Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's Path (New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1993), 223. Kerr Maya Vase Database #3844, 1988. Justin Kerr, The Maya Vase Book: a corpus of rollout photographs of Maya vases, Vol. 3 (New York: Kerr Associates, 1992), 443. Jürgen Kremer and Fausto UC Flores, "The Ritual Suicide of Maya Rulers," Eighth Palenque Round Table (1993): 6-10, accessed March 21, 2013, URL: http://www.mesoweb.com/pari/publications/RT10/Suicide.html. Matthew G. Looper, To Be Like Gods: Dance in Ancient maya Civilization (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2009), 75. Barbara MacLeod and Justin Kerr, The Proceedings of the Maya Hieroglyphic Weekend (Cleveland, OH: Cleveland State University, 1994), 115. Erik Velásquez García, "Los Señores de la Entidad Política de 'Ik'," Revistas, UNAM (2008): 52, accessed July 15, 2010, URL: http://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/ecm/article/view/28700 Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

[In Mayan glyphs] Alay k'al yich yuxuluj yuk'ib' ta tzi? te'el kakaw ?mu?ki? K'ak' K'uhul ? Hix Witz Ajaw bahkab yal Ix Yaxok? ? ?
Translation: [Dedicatory Statement] Here was presented its surface he carved it the drink vessel for tree fresh cacao ? Fire Holy ? Hix Witz Lord first of the world child of Lady Yaxok? ? ?

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